Train carriage derails after heavy rains in Spain cause tracks to flood

A train carriage has derailed in Spain after part of a track became flooded between the southern cities of Malaga and Seville today, leaving more than two dozen people injured.

Train carriage derails after heavy rains in Spain cause tracks to flood

A train carriage has derailed in Spain after part of a track became flooded between the southern cities of Malaga and Seville today, leaving more than two dozen people injured.

Marian Alonso, spokeswoman for Spain's Adif railway infrastructure company, said the last of three coaches came off the track near the town of Arahal after water from a nearby stream rose suddenly and lifted the track's concrete sleepers.

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